Last year between July 9 and October 27, I delivered pizzas, indian food, chinese food, burgers etc. Consulting my spreadsheet, in that time I was able to put away 4112.37 purely on food deliveries. I made no deductions for fuel, maintenance, etc. on the car.
In an interesting dynamic, when SWMBO saw the effort I was putting in to bring in the extra cash, she started scrimping and took on a night job cleaning offices.
And so, in 3 months, we found $10,000 - which was really remarkable for us (I know a lot of you do that in a weekend). This allowed us to go upscale and buy a 3 year old Chev Sonic with cash to replace our 30 year old Mercedes Diesel.
I have signed on to Uber hoping to repeat the feat for the duration of the summer. The biggest issue - it means driving the Sonic, and I really, really want to put the Mercedes back on the road for the summer. Cheap to drive, and hella fun. Since the Sonic is so new, I'd like to minimize the miles on it, and the Mercedes can usually be repaired with either a micro-screwdriver or a sledge hammer.
If I could hook up with a half dozen trustworthy locals, I would love to get the delivery business going again, but I can't do it without a second 'bossman' if I want to keep my wife.